Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Gold Finger Ring
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Our Lady's Row
- The Retreat
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Statue of an Athlete
- Viking Male Grooming
- The First Railway Station
- Judges Lodging
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Black Death
- The York Helmet
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'