Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St William's Shrine
- Statue of the God Mars
- St Crux's Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Stonegate
- Lendal Bridge
- The Retreat
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Minster Library
- John Carr - Architect
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Viking Coins
- The Battle of the Standard