Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Roman Fortress
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Gold Arm Ring
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Dick Turpin
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Norman Abbey
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Treasurer's House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Alcuin of York
- Stonegate