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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Viking Coins
- A Pipkin
- Medieval Prisons
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Basilica
- The Greyfriars
- Viking Silk Cap
- Vikings and Christianity
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Our Lady's Row
- Artists, Writers and Scientists