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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Barley Hall
- Barker Tower
- A New Vision For York
- Silver Strap Ends
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Crux's Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- First World War Memorial
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Central Methodist Chapel