Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Medieval Castle
- The Female Prison
- Lendal Bridge
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Transport Moves On
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Statue of the God Mars
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Medieval Minster
- The Minster in the 18th Century