Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St William's Shrine
- De Grey Rooms
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The First Railway Station
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Teaching the Poor
- Walmgate Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- The Basilica
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Silver Strap Ends
- View from Station Rise
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Industrial Upheaval
- Church of St Wilfrid