Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Victoria Bar
- York Central Library
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The First Minster
- Walmgate Bar
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Castle Museum
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Greyfriars
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Royal Station Hotel
- The End of the Abbey
- The Medieval Abbey