Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The Council of Arles
- Barley Hall
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Minster Library
- The First Minster
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fishergate Bar
- Teaching the Poor
- Norman Window Frame
- The Medieval Castle
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Cinema Comes to York