Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Multangular Tower
- Bootham Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bronze weights
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Guildhall
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Constantius Chlorus
- Holy Trinity Church
- Roman Head Pot
- Feeding Roman York