Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Barker Tower
- The End of the Abbey
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Retreat
- York and the Holocaust
- Viking Male Grooming
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Union Gas Works
- Margaret Clitherow
- Fishergate Bar
- Water Lanes
- A New University
- The Horn of Ulf
- Roman Chimney Pot