Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- The Norman Abbey
- Stonegate
- Viking Male Grooming
- Clifford's Tower
- Dick Turpin
- York Art Gallery
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Monk Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Boot
- Statue of an Athlete
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa