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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Cawood Sword
- The Hospitium
- New Shopping Centres
- Vikings and Christianity
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Garrison
- Monk Bar
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- A New University
- King Edward I and York
- Jubbergate
- York and the Holocaust