Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Retreat
- King Edward II and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Micklegate Bar
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bronze weights
- Bootham Bar
- Bootham School
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Ouse Bridge
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Second World War York
- New Earswick
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Fire in the Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector