Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Greyfriars
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York Union Gas Works
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York's Coat of Arms
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Viking Male Grooming
- Gold Arm Ring
- Alcuin of York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Hospitium
- King Richard II and York
- A New Vision For York
- The Railway King: George Hudson