Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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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...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Anglian Cross
- The Medieval Abbey
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Multangular Tower
- The End of the Abbey
- The Guildhall
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Jubbergate
- A New University
- The Bar Convent
- Anglian Hanging Bowl