Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Judges Lodging
- Ripon College for Women
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- A New University
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Mystery Plays
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Crest of York St John College
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Norman Abbey
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Gold Arm Ring
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Railway Station