Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Roman Head Pot
- De Grey Rooms
- Minster Library
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bronze weights
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cinema Comes to York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Debtors' Prison
- Our Lady's Row
- Fairfax House
- Medieval Prisons
- York and the Holocaust
- Viking Boot