Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- York Railway Station
- York Art Gallery
- Statue of an Athlete
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Second World War York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bone Trial Piece
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Teaching the Poor
- Mithras and Arimanius