Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- De Grey Rooms
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete
- Vikings and Christianity
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Gold Finger Ring
- The White Rose of York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The George Fox Incident
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier