Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- St Crux's Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Monk Bar
- A New University
- King Edward II and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Debtors' Prison
- Minster Library
- Barley Hall
- The First Railway Station