Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Teaching the Poor
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Industrial Upheaval
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The George Fox Incident
- Sixties York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Railway Station
- First World War Memorial
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of St Wilfrid