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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Viking Coins
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bootham School
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Bar Convent
- The First Minster
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Royal Station Hotel
- Viking Silk Cap
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The County Court House
- Church of St Olave
- New Shopping Centres
- Lendal Tower