Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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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 Hospitium
- The Norman House
- Minster Library
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- King Edward III and York
- Treasurer's House
- York Railway Station
- Statue of the God Mars
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bootham Bar
- Our Lady's Row
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Holocaust
- A New Vision For York