Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- View from Station Rise
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman Castle
- Statue of the God Mars
- York's Airfield
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze weights
- York Garrison
- Norman Window Frame
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cinema Comes to York