Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bronze weights
- Rowntree Park
- King Edward II and York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The End of the Abbey
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- First World War Memorial
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Clifford's Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas