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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- William Etty, Artist
- Fairfax House
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The New Theatre
- Roman Head Pot
- Clifford's Tower
- The Hospitium
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Our Lady's Row
- The Mansion House