Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bootham School
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Viking Male Grooming
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Dick Turpin
- Gold Finger Ring
- George Leeman
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Railway Station
- The Female Prison
- Teaching the Poor
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Battle of the Standard
- Church of St Olave