Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bootham Bar
- The George Fox Incident
- The End of the Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bone Trial Piece
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Coins
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- Alcuin of York