Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Middleham Jewel
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The 1190 Massacre
- A Pipkin
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Council of Arles
- The Battle of the Standard
- Second World War York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Scarborough Bridge