Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The George Fox Incident
- A New Vision For York
- The Hospitium
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York's Coat of Arms
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The York Observatory
- Sixties York
- Alcuin of York
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Bombed