Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Medieval Prisons
- King Richard II and York
- Alcuin of York
- Statue of Napoleon
- Fire in the Minster
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The County Court House
- View from Station Rise
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- William Etty, Artist
- George Leeman
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Debtors' Prison