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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York and the Holocaust
- The York Helmet
- Ripon College for Women
- Stonegate
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bronze weights
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Lendal Bridge
- King Richard III and York
- Rowntree Park
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- A New University