Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- York Art Gallery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman Abbey
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Water Lanes
- Medieval Prisons
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Medieval Minster
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Medieval Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- First World War Memorial
- The Shambles
- Hair of a Roman Girl