Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Roman Fortress
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Olive Oil Container
- New Earswick
- Micklegate Bar
- Feeding Roman York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bootham Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century