Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Statue of the God Mars
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of an Athlete
- The York Observatory
- A New Vision For York
- York Railway Station
- Alcuin of York
- The White Rose of York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Castle Museum
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Rowntree Park