Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Rowntree Park
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Railway Institute
- Ripon College for Women
- The Horn of Ulf
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St William's Shrine
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Minster Library
- The Red Tower
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The 1190 Massacre
- The New Theatre
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Art Gallery