Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Horn of Ulf
- Gold Finger Ring
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- A New Walk
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Art Gallery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The York Hoard
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bone Trial Piece