Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Viking Silk Cap
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Council of Arles
- The York Observatory
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bootham Bar
- Fire in the Minster
- Monk Bar
- Barker Tower
- The White Rose of York
- All Saints Church, North Street