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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- King Richard II and York
- The County Court House
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Jubbergate
- Fishergate Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Roman Head Pot
- Fire in the Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Cawood Sword
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The York Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake