Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The New Theatre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Minster Library
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Basilica
- Bronze weights
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's Coat of Arms
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Multangular Tower
- Church of St Helen
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Railway King: George Hudson