Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bone Trial Piece
- Is York Cursed?
- Bronze weights
- The Female Prison
- Church of St Olave
- A New University
- The First Railway Station
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Edward III and York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Second World War York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Council of Arles