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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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of an Athlete
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Basilica
- Statue of the God Mars
- Middleham Jewel
- Guy Fawkes
- First World War York