Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Railway Institute
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Victoria Bar
- The Female Prison
- Holy Trinity Church
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Viking Boot
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Middleham Jewel
- The Retreat
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Battle of Marston Moor