Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Dick Turpin
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Barley Hall
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Carving
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Norman House
- Olive Oil Container