Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- Royal Station Hotel
- Viking Male Grooming
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rowntree Park
- King Edward I and York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Guy Fawkes
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Bombed
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement