Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Fishergate Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bootham School
- Medieval Prisons
- The Shambles
- York Union Gas Works
- The First Railway Station
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Is York Cursed?
- Feeding Roman York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- New Shopping Centres
- The York Observatory
- The Guildhall
- Church of St Wilfrid