Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Barley Hall
- Viking Silk Cap
- Is York Cursed?
- The York Helmet
- Olive Oil Container
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Lendal Tower
- Bootham Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Carving
- King Richard II and York
- York in the fifteenth Century