Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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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 Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Ripon College for Women
- Second World War York
- King Edward II and York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- William Etty, Artist
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Lendal Bridge
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Clifford's Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'