Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- The York Hoard
- Fishergate Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The First Railway Station
- The County Court House
- Anglian Carving
- King Edward II and York
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Medieval Abbey
- The York Helmet
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Military Belt Fitting
- Barley Hall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Guy Fawkes
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre