Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- Dick Turpin
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Battle of the Standard
- Olive Oil Container
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Black Death
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Olave
- New Earswick
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A New Vision For York