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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Crux's Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Scarborough Bridge
- Olive Oil Container
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Medieval Abbey
- Constantius Chlorus
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Union Gas Works
- The Council of Arles
- The Mystery Plays
- New Shopping Centres
- King's Manor - Victorian