Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Sixties York
- King Edward III and York
- The Roman Fortress
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Transport Moves On
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The York Observatory
- Bootham School
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Cross
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York