Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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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.
- York Castle Museum
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Lendal Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Teaching the Poor
- The Roman Fortress
- Our Lady's Row
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of St Olave