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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Garrison
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Transport Moves On
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- St Crux's Church
- View from Station Rise
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Military Belt Fitting
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bootham Bar
- Micklegate Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Holocaust
- The Hospitium
- New Shopping Centres
- York's Airfield