Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Gold Arm Ring
- York's Coat of Arms
- Ouse Bridge
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Barker Tower
- Jubbergate
- Alcuin of York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Norman House
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Cumberland House, King's Staith