Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Roman Head Pot
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Victoria Bar
- Our Lady's Row
- Judges Lodging
- Micklegate Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Council of Arles
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Fishergate Bar
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Guy Fawkes
- York Railway Station
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Holocaust