Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- A New University
- First World War Memorial
- The Mystery Plays
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Sixties York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of St Olave
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Middleham Jewel
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Glazed Medieval Jug