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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Stonegate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Water Lanes
- Micklegate Bar
- Cinema Comes to York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Shambles
- The York Helmet
- Margaret Clitherow
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Vale of York Viking Hoard