Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King Edward I and York
- The Greyfriars
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Norman Abbey
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Water Lanes
- York and the Holocaust
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Castle Museum