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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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Teaching the Poor
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Fishergate Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Female Prison
- Industrial Upheaval
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- New Shopping Centres
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Ouse Bridge
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head