Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York's Airfield
- Mary Ward
- The Roman Fortress
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of Napoleon
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Amber Bead Workshop
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The New Theatre
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers