Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bootham School
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Olave
- Walmgate Bar
- Olive Oil Container
- The Shambles
- York Art Gallery
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Middleham Jewel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of Napoleon
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Female Prison
- Lendal Tower