Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Battle of the Standard
- Clifford's Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Water Lanes
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze weights
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Wilfrid
- First World War York