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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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Stonegate
- Jubbergate
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York and the Holocaust
- The Railway Institute
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Anglian Carving
- Teaching the Poor
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The George Fox Incident
- Bootham School
- Bronze weights
- William Etty, Artist
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Barker Tower