Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Ouse Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Industrial Upheaval
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St William's Shrine
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Basilica
- King Edward II and York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Middleham Jewel
- Constantius Chlorus
- De Grey Rooms