Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- The Assembly Rooms
- Yorkshire Museum
- Olive Oil Container
- The County Court House
- St Crux's Church
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman Castle
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Battle of the Standard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- New Earswick