Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Norman House
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Central Library
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Walmgate Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Mary Ward
- Teaching the Poor
- View from Station Rise
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Cinema Comes to York