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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Alcuin of York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Debtors' Prison
- The George Fox Incident
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Royal Station Hotel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Treasurer's House
- Ouse Bridge
- Stonegate
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Cawood Sword
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Barley Hall
- Mary Ward