Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- The White Rose of York
- King Edward I and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bone Trial Piece
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Railway Station
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Second World War York
- Norman Window Frame
- The Abbot's House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York St John in the 20th Century