Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Cinema Comes to York
- Crest of York St John College
- The Medieval Castle
- The Horn of Ulf
- Alcuin of York
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's Airfield
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Olave
- William Etty, Artist
- King's Manor - Victorian
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Water Lanes
- King Edward III and York
- Victoria Bar