Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Olive Oil Container
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Cawood Sword
- The Greyfriars
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Mary Ward
- Guy Fawkes
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Norman Abbey
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Norman Castle
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop