Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Olave
- Margaret Clitherow
- Fairfax House
- York Union Gas Works
- The Mystery Plays
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Shambles
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Black Death
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bootham Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway