Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of the God Mars
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Holy Trinity Church
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Fire in the Minster
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St William's Shrine
- Jubbergate
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Church of St Olave
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity