Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York Union Gas Works
- Barley Hall
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Female Prison
- The Mansion House
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Statue of Napoleon
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Art Gallery
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bone Trial Piece
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Minster