Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Roman Fortress
- Fishergate Bar
- Barker Tower
- Mary Ward
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Dick Turpin
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- George Leeman
- Artists, Writers and Scientists