Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York Union Gas Works
- A New Walk
- Guy Fawkes
- Church of St Helen
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Crux's Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Assembly Rooms
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Water Lanes
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Hospitium
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Gold Arm Ring
- Judges Lodging