Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Judges Lodging
- The Bar Convent
- A New Vision For York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Medieval Prisons
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Viking Boot
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Anglian Carving
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- St Martin Le Grand Church