Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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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...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of the God Mars
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Constantius Chlorus
- Dick Turpin
- The Black Death
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- View from Station Rise
- The York Helmet
- The Female Prison
- The Assembly Rooms
- De Grey Rooms
- Lendal Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York St John in the 20th Century