Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Monk Bar
- The County Court House
- Constantius Chlorus
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Scarborough Bridge
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Medieval Minster
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Shambles
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Female Prison
- Lendal Tower
- Lendal Bridge