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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Amber Bead Workshop
- A New Walk
- Dick Turpin
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Viking Boot
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Church of St Helen
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Statue of Napoleon
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Norman Minster