Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- The Debtors' Prison
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Cross
- John Carr - Architect
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Stonegate
- King Richard II and York
- Bootham School
- Mary Ward
- The Multangular Tower
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Black Death
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Transport Moves On
- Bone Trial Piece