Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The York Hoard
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Constantius Chlorus
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Dick Turpin
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Hospitium
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- King Edward I and York
- Judges Lodging
- The Battle of the Standard
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Crossed Keys Symbol