Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- Second World War York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Statue of an Athlete
- York and the Holocaust
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Barker Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Fire in the Minster
- Rowntree Park
- George Leeman
- Victoria Bar
- First World War Memorial