Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- De Grey Rooms
- The Basilica
- Ouse Bridge
- Viking Male Grooming
- Mary Ward
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The End of the Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Military Belt Fitting
- Feeding Roman York
- Monk Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- The George Fox Incident
- View from Station Rise
- George Leeman
- Royal Station Hotel
- Sixties York