Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- St Crux's Church
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Bar Convent
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Olave
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Union Gas Works
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Greyfriars
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Military Belt Fitting
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey