Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The New Theatre
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Medieval Prisons
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Union Gas Works
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Viking Silk Cap
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Red Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Black Death
- Anglian Burial Vessel