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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bronze weights
- The New Theatre
- The Norman Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Greyfriars
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bone Trial Piece
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Red Tower
- Olive Oil Container
- York St John in the 20th Century