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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- William Etty, Artist
- Margaret Clitherow
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Medieval Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Multangular Tower
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Is York Cursed?
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Transport Moves On
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Inscription to Hecules
- Guy Fawkes
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Carving