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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- New Earswick
- The Black Death
- York Garrison
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Union Gas Works
- The Assembly Rooms
- George Leeman
- Micklegate Bar
- York Art Gallery
- Roman Chimney Pot
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Boot
- Statue of Napoleon
- The George Fox Incident
- York Railway Station