Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Hospitium
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward I and York
- Anglian Carving
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Richard II and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York Union Gas Works
- The Railway Institute
- St William's Shrine
- Our Lady's Row
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Rowntree Park
- The Debtors' Prison
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa