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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman Castle
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Carving
- The Debtors' Prison
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Viking Coins
- The Mansion House
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool