Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The York Hoard
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Statue of the God Mars
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Norman House
- Bronze weights
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The York Observatory
- York Central Library
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of an Athlete
- New Earswick
- The End of the Abbey