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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Micklegate Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of St Helen
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Mansion House
- King Edward III and York
- York Castle Museum
- A New University
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Cross
- The Greyfriars
- York Bombed