Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York and the Holocaust
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Gold Arm Ring
- A New Vision For York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Helen
- A New University
- St William's Shrine
- Norman Window Frame
- Mary Ward