Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Crest of York St John College
- William Etty, Artist
- Walmgate Bar
- Bone Trial Piece
- The York Hoard
- Dick Turpin
- The County Court House
- Barley Hall
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Basilica
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Medieval Abbey