Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- 62 Low Petergate
- First World War Memorial
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Micklegate Bar
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Barley Hall
- Stonegate
- The Greyfriars
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Shambles
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector