Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Olave
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Horn of Ulf
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Shopping Centres
- The Norman Minster
- The George Fox Incident
- Viking Boot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Hospitium
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Jubbergate