Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Art Gallery
- The Norman Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The York Hoard
- The George Fox Incident
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- William Etty, Artist
- Bone Trial Piece