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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- Monk Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Gold Finger Ring
- The George Fox Incident
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Bar Convent
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Crest of York St John College
- Bootham School
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Barley Hall
- The End of the Abbey
- George Leeman
- The Minster in the 18th Century