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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Black Death
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Norman Abbey
- The Female Prison
- New Shopping Centres
- The York Helmet
- King Richard II and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Stonegate
- York Art Gallery
- The George Fox Incident
- Fishergate Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning