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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Crest of York St John College
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- First World War York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The George Fox Incident
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Bar Convent
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Union Gas Works
- Anglian Cross
- Royal Station Hotel
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Treasurer's House
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Pilgrimage of Grace