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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Stonegate
- Minster Library
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Black Death
- Bootham School
- King Edward I and York
- Church of St Helen
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The First Railway Station
- The York Observatory
- Monk Bar
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head