Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Dick Turpin
- Guy Fawkes
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Hospitium
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Basilica
- The Norman Castle
- A New University
- Military Belt Fitting
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Lendal Tower