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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- The Norman Castle
- Bone Trial Piece
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Victoria Bar
- View from Station Rise
- William Etty, Artist
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Retreat
- Transport Moves On
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Second World War York
- Ouse Bridge
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Bar Convent