Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Sixties York
- The Guildhall
- The Hospitium
- Fairfax House
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Victorian Prison Building
- First World War Memorial
- Silver Strap Ends
- York in the fifteenth Century