Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- The York Hoard
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Inscription to Hecules
- St Crux's Church
- York Bombed
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Roman Fortress
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The George Fox Incident
- Medieval Chamber Pot