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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- The Medieval Minster
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York's Airfield
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Ouse Bridge
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- First World War Memorial
- Norman Window Frame
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Minster Library
- Middleham Jewel
- The Norman Minster
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Viking Sword Pommel