Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- The Female Prison
- The Cawood Sword
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Roman Head Pot
- The Roman Fortress
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- First World War York
- The First Railway Station
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Mary Ward