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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Church of St Helen
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Black Death
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York's Airfield
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Industrial Upheaval
- Barley Hall
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Medieval Castle