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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- De Grey Rooms
- Viking Coins
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Norman Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Medieval Castle
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Cawood Sword
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Railway Station
- Tombstone of Julia Velva