Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman Castle
- The George Fox Incident
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The New Theatre
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- De Grey Rooms
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- A New Vision For York
- 62 Low Petergate
- The York Helmet
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Sixties York
- The White Rose of York