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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Female Prison
- The Council of Arles
- The Medieval Abbey
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Viking Coins
- The County Court House
- St William's Shrine
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- First World War York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The White Rose of York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart