Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The 1190 Massacre
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York's Coat of Arms
- The York Hoard
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Edward III and York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Cawood Sword
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Medieval Castle
- The Abbot's House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)