Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- Middleham Jewel
- Walmgate Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Central Library
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- George Leeman
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Barker Tower
- The Black Death
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Vikings and Christianity