Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bronze weights
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman Castle
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Stonegate
- Middleham Jewel
- Micklegate Bar
- King Edward II and York
- De Grey Rooms
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Barley Hall
- St Leonard's Hospital