Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Second World War York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Railway Station
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Castle Museum
- The Shambles
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Sixties York
- Gold Arm Ring
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers