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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- A New University
- King Richard II and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Assembly Rooms
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The First Minster
- Barker Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Crest of York St John College
- The Norman Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fire in the Minster
- York in the fifteenth Century