Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Battle of the Standard
- Lendal Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Olive Oil Container
- The Norman Castle
- St William's Shrine
- Dick Turpin
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward II and York
- Treasurer's House
- Medieval Prisons
- King Richard III and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Roman Fortress
- Constantius Chlorus