Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Helen
- Viking Silk Cap
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Bar Convent
- Lendal Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The York Observatory
- Norman Window Frame
- The New Theatre
- Stonegate
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Fairfax House
- The Norman House
- York Union Gas Works
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York