Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Gold Arm Ring
- Viking Coins
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Yorkshire Museum
- Judges Lodging
- The First Minster
- The Bar Convent
- First World War York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- Middleham Jewel
- Bronze weights