Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- Bone Trial Piece
- Roman Head Pot
- The County Court House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Central Library
- King's Manor - Victorian
- George Leeman
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- New Shopping Centres
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- William Etty, Artist
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Barker Tower
- Church of St Olave