Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Bootham School
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Statue of an Athlete
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Basilica
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The York Observatory
- The Debtors' Prison
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Statue of the God Mars