Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The George Fox Incident
- The Abbot's House
- The Black Death
- The End of the Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Olive Oil Container
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Rowntree Park
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Transport Moves On
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street