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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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- New Shopping Centres
- Margaret Clitherow
- First World War Memorial
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Guy Fawkes
- York Central Library
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Coins
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Norman Abbey
- Teaching the Poor
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century