Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Black Death
- The Mansion House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Castle
- Alcuin of York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Jubbergate
- The Guildhall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Minster
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Silk Cap
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Roman Fortress