Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Industrial Upheaval
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Second World War York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The 1190 Massacre
- St William's Shrine
- The Guildhall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Richard III and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- William Etty, Artist
- The White Rose of York
- York Garrison
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Hospitium