Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- The Roman Fortress
- Bootham Bar
- A Pipkin
- York and the Holocaust
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Rowntree Park
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Bombed
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Guildhall
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning