Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Female Prison
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Abbot's House
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Bar Convent
- Medieval Prisons
- Micklegate Bar
- York's Coat of Arms
- View from Station Rise
- Minster Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Industrial Upheaval
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Roman Head Pot