Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bootham Bar
- Bronze weights
- Industrial Upheaval
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Council of Arles
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Gold Arm Ring
- Clifford's Tower
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham School
- The Norman Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century