Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Dick Turpin
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's Coat of Arms
- Is York Cursed?
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bone Trial Piece
- First World War Memorial
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- George Leeman
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's Airfield
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The York Helmet
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The New Theatre