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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Anglian Cross
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bootham Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Union Gas Works
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Black Death
- Statue of Napoleon
- First World War York
- York Central Library
- A New University
- Clifford's Tower
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Tombstone of Julia Velva