Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Debtors' Prison
- King Richard III and York
- William Etty, Artist
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mary Ward
- The Shambles
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Lendal Tower
- Fishergate Bar
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Church of All Saints Pavement