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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Monk Bar
- Second World War York
- Medieval Prisons
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman Minster
- View from Station Rise
- King Edward II and York
- King Richard III and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Tower
- Gold Finger Ring
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- De Grey Rooms