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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Fire in the Minster
- Micklegate Bar
- The 1190 Massacre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Treasurer's House
- Crest of York St John College
- Mary Ward
- Bootham Bar
- Dick Turpin
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A New University
- Vikings and Christianity
- Judges Lodging
- Anglian Carving
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers