Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Church of St Olave
- Victoria Bar
- The Battle of the Standard
- King Edward II and York
- The Bar Convent
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Roman Fortress
- A Pipkin
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Olive Oil Container
- Viking Coins
- Stonegate
- Lendal Bridge
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries