Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman Castle
- The Multangular Tower
- Anglian Carving
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Council of Arles
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Fire in the Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- Ouse Bridge
- The Mystery Plays
- The Female Prison
- York and the Holocaust
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bootham Bar