Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Alcuin of York
- Viking Coins
- The Retreat
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Battle of the Standard
- First World War York
- Fairfax House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The First Railway Station