Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- St Crux's Church
- The Norman Abbey
- Cinema Comes to York
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Helen
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Monk Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Battle of the Standard
- Gold Finger Ring
- Ouse Bridge
- The County Court House