Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Victoria Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The First Railway Station
- Mary Ward
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Roman Head Pot
- Barker Tower
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Our Lady's Row
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Guy Fawkes
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries