Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Industrial Upheaval
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Edward II and York
- St Crux's Church
- Dick Turpin
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Greyfriars
- Rowntree Park
- The York Observatory
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Military Belt Fitting
- Statue of an Athlete
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- New Earswick
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom