Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The Medieval Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bootham School
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Inscription to Hecules
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Crest of York St John College
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman Castle
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman House