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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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- 62 Low Petergate
- Roman Head Pot
- Is York Cursed?
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Black Death
- St William's Shrine
- Bronze weights
- Viking Male Grooming
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Hospitium
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Fairfax House
- Gold Arm Ring
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Teaching the Poor