Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Council of Arles
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Water Lanes
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Union Gas Works
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Greyfriars
- Minster Library
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Abbey
- Stonegate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Coat of Arms
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head