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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- First World War Memorial
- Treasurer's House
- Barker Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bootham Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Retreat
- Middleham Jewel
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Female Prison
- Inside the Roman Fortress