Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Bootham School
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Medieval Prisons
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Coins
- Teaching the Poor
- Gold Finger Ring
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The First Railway Station
- Statue of Napoleon
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman Abbey
- Our Lady's Row