Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Clifford's Tower
- York Union Gas Works
- Yorkshire Museum
- Middleham Jewel
- View from Station Rise
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Railway Institute
- York and the Holocaust
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Alcuin of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bootham Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Norman Castle
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Basilica