Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- The New Theatre
- The End of the Abbey
- The Black Death
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- George Leeman
- First World War York
- King Edward I and York
- The York Helmet
- Middleham Jewel
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Holocaust
- A Pipkin
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Judges Lodging
- The Cawood Sword