Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Second World War York
- George Leeman
- The Black Death
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Roman Head Pot
- Royal Station Hotel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Coins
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The First Railway Station
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Jewbury Cemetery