Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Mary Ward
- King Edward I and York
- The York Helmet
- A New Walk
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King's Manor - Victorian
- View from Station Rise
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Railway Institute
- Viking Coins
- Monk Bar
- John Carr - Architect