Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward II and York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Sixties York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Jubbergate
- Mithras and Arimanius
- George Leeman
- Constantius Chlorus
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The New Theatre
- Margaret Clitherow
- Silver Strap Ends
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Anglian Cross
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle