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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bone Trial Piece
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- King Edward III and York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Viking Coins
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Greyfriars
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- John Carr - Architect
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Stonegate
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Boot
- Mithras and Arimanius