Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- First World War Memorial
- Silver Strap Ends
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Second World War York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The White Rose of York
- York Art Gallery
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Castle Museum
- Bronze weights
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York