Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Bar Convent
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A New University
- Minster Library
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Mystery Plays
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fairfax House
- The Norman Minster