Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Fishergate Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Second World War York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Statue of Napoleon
- Ripon College for Women
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Barley Hall
- The Shambles
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Railway Institute