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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Inscription to Hecules
- Olive Oil Container
- The First Railway Station
- Church of St Olave
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Ripon College for Women
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Debtors' Prison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Gold Finger Ring
- Statue of the God Mars
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Statue of an Athlete
- Vikings and Christianity
- The First Minster
- The Cawood Sword