Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bronze weights
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Railway Station
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Assembly Rooms
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Coins
- Water Lanes