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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Female Prison
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Castle Museum
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's Coat of Arms
- A New Walk
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's Airfield
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Minster Library
- Fishergate Bar
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St Crux's Church