Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Judges Lodging
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Norman Window Frame
- The Basilica
- Ripon College for Women
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- William Etty, Artist
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Cross