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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Eric Bloodaxe
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The County Court House
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The First Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- Statue of Napoleon
- Walmgate Bar
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Bar Convent
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Mystery Plays
- Roman Head Pot