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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Norman Castle
- Fairfax House
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bronze weights
- The County Court House
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Middleham Jewel
- Water Lanes
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman House
- Treasurer's House