Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bootham School
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Jewbury Cemetery
- View from Station Rise
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Multangular Tower
- The First Minster
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Black Death