Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Alcuin of York
- Dick Turpin
- Judges Lodging
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Feeding Roman York
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- First World War Memorial
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The 1190 Massacre
- Statue of the God Mars
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bone Trial Piece
- Middleham Jewel
- York Art Gallery