Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- The First Minster
- Middleham Jewel
- York's Coat of Arms
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- King Edward I and York
- The County Court House
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Castle Museum
- The First Railway Station
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The York Hoard
- The Minster after the Reformation