Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Holy Trinity Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Feeding Roman York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Minster after the Reformation
- King Edward II and York
- The Bar Convent
- York Union Gas Works
- York Castle Museum
- Clifford's Tower