Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The County Court House
- Gold Arm Ring
- York Central Library
- King Edward III and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Clifford's Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Bombed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Guildhall
- The Mystery Plays
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Black Death
- The White Rose of York