Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Barker Tower
- King Edward II and York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- A Pipkin
- Military Belt Fitting
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Crux's Church
- Our Lady's Row
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Church of St Helen