Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- Monk Bar
- The Bar Convent
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Second World War York
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- The Guildhall
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- First World War Memorial
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Clifford's Tower
- Anglian Carving