Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Retreat
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- Statue of the God Mars
- A New Vision For York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Statue of an Athlete
- Transport Moves On
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- John Carr - Architect
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom