Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Abbey
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- A New Vision For York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Fire in the Minster
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- New Shopping Centres
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Scarborough Bridge