Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Coins
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Greyfriars
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Female Prison
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Cross
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Garrison
- St Columba's United Reformed Church