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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Red Tower
- Ouse Bridge
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Teaching the Poor
- The Norman Minster
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Cawood Sword
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Assembly Rooms
- York Art Gallery
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa