Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Roman Head Pot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Black Death
- Feeding Roman York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Statue of Napoleon
- Clifford's Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Crux's Church
- Aldwark Synagogue
- New Shopping Centres