Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Cross
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Union Gas Works
- Fishergate Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Medieval Abbey
- Alcuin of York
- St William's Shrine
- The Red Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Aldwark Synagogue