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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Skeldergate Bridge
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Bombed
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Roman Fortress
- The Council of Arles
- King Richard III and York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate