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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fishergate Bar
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Gold Finger Ring
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Tower
- The Railway Institute
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Victoria Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Norman Castle