Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Sixties York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Statue of Napoleon
- First World War York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Multangular Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Edward III and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Norman Window Frame
- The Railway Institute
- The York Hoard
- York Union Gas Works
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bootham School