Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Walmgate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The New Theatre
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Guy Fawkes
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Vikings and Christianity
- Scarborough Bridge
- Church of St Helen
- The Railway Institute
- The Bar Convent