Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fairfax House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Abbey
- Second World War York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Debtors' Prison
- Fishergate Bar
- De Grey Rooms
- Statue of the God Mars
- Treasurer's House
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Industrial Upheaval
- Inscription to Hecules
- Feeding Roman York
- Constantius Chlorus