Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Gold Finger Ring
- Clifford's Tower
- Middleham Jewel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The New Theatre
- York Art Gallery
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Castle Museum
- The Council of Arles
- York and the Holocaust
- York St John in the 20th Century
- A New University
- King Edward II and York