Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- First World War York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Feeding Roman York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Railway Institute
- Bootham School
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Medieval Prisons
- Bootham Bar
- Barley Hall
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Industrial Upheaval