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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Treasurer's House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Olave
- Mary Ward
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Vikings and Christianity
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Medieval Prisons
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Feeding Roman York
- A New Walk
- Fairfax House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Military Belt Fitting
- Fishergate Bar