Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Debtors' Prison
- 62 Low Petergate
- Fairfax House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Middleham Jewel
- Gold Finger Ring
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Black Death
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Railway Station
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Boot
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Retreat
- York Art Gallery