Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- View from Station Rise
- The Medieval Castle
- Micklegate Bar
- Church of St Olave
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Stonegate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Dick Turpin
- Industrial Upheaval
- First World War Memorial
- Norman Window Frame
- Vikings and Christianity