Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Walmgate Bar
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Black Death
- The Council of Arles
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Military Belt Fitting
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The County Court House
- Second World War York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa