Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- John Carr - Architect
- York Railway Station
- Judges Lodging
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The York Observatory
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bone Trial Piece
- Holy Trinity Church
- Dick Turpin
- The Norman Minster
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The York Helmet
- York and the Holocaust
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Medieval Minster