Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Crux's Church
- View from Station Rise
- Inscription to Hecules
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Union Gas Works
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Basilica
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The County Court House
- The Mansion House
- Minster Library
- Ripon College for Women
- The York Hoard
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bronze weights