Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze weights
- Bootham Bar
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The York Helmet
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Anglian Carving
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Rowntree Park
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Council of Arles
- The Mansion House
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Sixties York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Richard III and York