Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Viking Silk Cap
- The End of the Abbey
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The New Theatre
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Ouse Bridge
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Shambles