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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Guildhall
- The Female Prison
- Second World War York
- Mary Ward
- Barley Hall
- Roman Head Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Red Tower
- The York Hoard
- The Norman Minster
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The County Court House
- York and the Holocaust