Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Water Lanes
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Alcuin of York
- Guy Fawkes
- Middleham Jewel
- Viking Boot
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- New Earswick
- Victoria Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- New Shopping Centres
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Roman Fortress