Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Medieval Abbey
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Mansion House
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Water Lanes
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Mary Ward
- York Bombed
- Statue of an Athlete
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- A Pipkin
- Viking Coins
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A New University
- King Edward I and York