Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- The 1190 Massacre
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King Edward II and York
- The County Court House
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Viking Sword Pommel
- St William's Shrine
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Fishergate Bar
- The Multangular Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building