Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Earswick
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Lendal Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Battle of the Standard
- Norman Window Frame
- Barley Hall
- Roman Head Pot
- St William's Shrine
- Walmgate Bar