Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Rowntree Park
- The Greyfriars
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Castle Museum
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- William Etty, Artist
- Margaret Clitherow
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Minster Library
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Norman Minster
- The York Hoard
- Amber Bead Workshop