Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Amber Bead Workshop
- A New University
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Black Death
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Bar Convent
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Fairfax House
- Statue of an Athlete
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Elizabeth Boardingham