Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Olive Oil Container
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Medieval Castle
- The Railway Institute
- Crest of York St John College
- Bronze weights
- Gold Arm Ring
- Clifford's Tower
- Middleham Jewel
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Mansion House
- The Greyfriars
- The Battle of the Standard
- George Leeman
- New Shopping Centres
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries