Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The George Fox Incident
- New Earswick
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Mystery Plays
- Statue of Napoleon
- Second World War York
- A New Vision For York
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Castle
- Is York Cursed?
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Norman Castle
- Judges Lodging