Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The 1190 Massacre
- View from Station Rise
- The Black Death
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Union Gas Works
- New Earswick
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The George Fox Incident
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Anglian Cross
- The White Rose of York
- The Shambles