Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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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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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- The Norman Minster
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Mary Ward
- First World War York
- The Norman Castle
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The York Observatory
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York