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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Lendal Bridge
- Church of St Helen
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Boot
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Middleham Jewel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- St Crux's Church