Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Water Lanes
- Silver Strap Ends
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of St Olave
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The York Hoard
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Railway Station
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Battle of the Standard
- Military Belt Fitting
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Garrison