Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Helen
- Sixties York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Olive Oil Container
- The Medieval Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- Statue of the God Mars
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Art Gallery
- The Norman Abbey
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Crux's Church
- Glazed Medieval Jug