Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Medieval Abbey
- 62 Low Petergate
- Vikings and Christianity
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bootham School
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Black Death
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Is York Cursed?
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Garrison