Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- New Earswick
- George Leeman
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- William Etty, Artist
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Debtors' Prison
- Our Lady's Row
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- 62 Low Petergate
- Clifford's Tower
- Bootham School
- King Edward I and York
- Statue of an Athlete
- The New Theatre
- The Greyfriars