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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Minster Library
- The Basilica
- William Etty, Artist
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Norman Castle
- Scarborough Bridge
- Guy Fawkes
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Norman Abbey
- First World War Memorial
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's Medieval Synagogue