Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- The County Court House
- The Basilica
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman Castle
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Horn of Ulf
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Union Gas Works
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- George Leeman
- The Greyfriars
- Barker Tower
- The Abbot's House
- Teaching the Poor
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Hanging Bowl