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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Lendal Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Rowntree Park
- Micklegate Bar
- Fire in the Minster
- New Earswick
- John Carr - Architect
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Dick Turpin
- Church of St Olave
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Alcuin of York
- The Hospitium
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'