Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Silver Strap Ends
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Viking Coins
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Medieval Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- John Carr - Architect
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Norman Window Frame
- The Cawood Sword