Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- Church of St Helen
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Medieval Abbey
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Castle Museum
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Debtors' Prison
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman Minster
- York's Airfield
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Gold Arm Ring
- Feeding Roman York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's Medieval Synagogue