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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Cawood Sword
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Second World War York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Statue of Napoleon
- The George Fox Incident
- The Bar Convent
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Teaching the Poor
- The Black Death
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Barley Hall
- Bronze weights