Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bootham School
- The County Court House
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Garrison
- King Edward III and York
- The Cawood Sword
- The Shambles
- New Earswick
- George Leeman
- Church of St Olave
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Judges Lodging