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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Jubbergate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Art Gallery
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Norman Minster
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Bombed
- Water Lanes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- New Shopping Centres
- King Edward I and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior