Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Vikings and Christianity
- A New Vision For York
- Judges Lodging
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Holocaust
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- New Shopping Centres
- The York Helmet
- Barker Tower
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bronze weights
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Retreat
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier