Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Stonegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Jubbergate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Crest of York St John College
- Minster Library
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Feeding Roman York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Clifford's Tower
- A Pipkin
- The George Fox Incident
- Barley Hall
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Minster after the Reformation