Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Scarborough Bridge
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Hoard
- Sixties York
- A Pipkin
- York's Coat of Arms
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Monk Bar
- King Edward II and York
- The Medieval Castle
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse