Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Abbot's House
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Female Prison
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Norman House