Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- King Edward III and York
- William Etty, Artist
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Medieval Castle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Bombed
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Guildhall
- Rebuilt in Stone