Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Black Death
- York Castle Museum
- The Hospitium
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- A New University
- Statue of the God Mars
- York and the Holocaust
- The Abbot's House
- New Earswick
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bronze weights
- Archbishop Scrope Executed