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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station
- Norman Window Frame
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Art Gallery
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Black Death
- 62 Low Petergate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman Abbey
- The First Railway Station
- Sixties York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Lendal Tower