Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- The Battle of the Standard
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Barker Tower
- Fire in the Minster
- Judges Lodging
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Our Lady's Row
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Lendal Tower
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Silk Cap
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Debtors' Prison