Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- Barley Hall
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Monk Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of Napoleon
- The York Hoard
- The Norman Abbey
- Middleham Jewel
- The First Minster
- The George Fox Incident
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Guildhall
- Viking Coins
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning