Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- A New Vision For York
- The Norman House
- Medieval Prisons
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Boot
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- George Leeman
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The George Fox Incident
- The Cawood Sword
- Viking Male Grooming
- Glazed Medieval Jug