Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Coins
- The County Court House
- York Bombed
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Norman Minster
- Mary Ward
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Lendal Bridge
- Crest of York St John College
- King Richard III and York
- First World War York
- Anglian Cross
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Retreat