Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Mystery Plays
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Union Gas Works
- Fishergate Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Helen
- Lendal Bridge