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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Mansion House
- The Greyfriars
- Military Belt Fitting
- Micklegate Bar
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- King Edward II and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Anglian Carving
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Water Lanes
- New Earswick
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Olive Oil Container
- The Multangular Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Female Prison