Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Royal Station Hotel
- First World War York
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New Vision For York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Bar
- The County Court House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Black Death
- Victoria Bar
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- A New Walk
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa