Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Walmgate Bar
- Norman Window Frame
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Garrison
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Constantius Chlorus
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Is York Cursed?
- Ripon College for Women
- The Medieval Castle
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of St Olave