Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Statue of Napoleon
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Bar Convent
- The First Railway Station
- William Etty, Artist
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St William's Shrine
- Is York Cursed?
- York Castle Museum
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Viking Male Grooming
- Mithras and Arimanius