Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bronze weights
- The Greyfriars
- The York Observatory
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Medieval Prisons
- William Etty, Artist
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Feeding Roman York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Coins
- A New University
- The Female Prison
- Fire in the Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The York Hoard
- Bone Trial Piece
- St Crux's Church