Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ouse Bridge
- King Richard III and York
- The Railway Institute
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Norman House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Clifford's Tower
- The County Court House
- The Norman Castle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior