Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Silver Strap Ends
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Alcuin of York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Carving
- The Railway Institute
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bronze weights
- View from Station Rise