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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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- De Grey Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Dick Turpin
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St Crux's Church
- The Mystery Plays
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The County Court House
- William Etty, Artist
- Minster Library
- Viking Boot
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart