Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Male Grooming
- Industrial Upheaval
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Feeding Roman York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bootham School
- Barker Tower
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fairfax House
- The York Helmet
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Railway Station
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Clifford's Tower