Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Observatory
- The Guildhall
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Art Gallery
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Middleham Jewel
- Judges Lodging
- York St John in the 20th Century