Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Water Lanes
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Industrial Upheaval