Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Treasurer's House
- Jubbergate
- First World War York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Medieval Abbey
- St Crux's Church
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Bar
- The York Hoard
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- King Edward I and York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl