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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Transport Moves On
- Bone Trial Piece
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King Edward I and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Norman Window Frame
- Barley Hall
- The White Rose of York
- Second World War York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Anglian Carving
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Cinema Comes to York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bones of a Roman Combatant