Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Gold Finger Ring
- First World War Memorial
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Bar Convent
- King Richard III and York
- Clifford's Tower
- A New Vision For York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Mary Ward
- The Guildhall
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York and the Holocaust