Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Crest of York St John College
- Norman Window Frame
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Statue of an Athlete
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Yorkshire Museum
- The First Railway Station
- York Art Gallery
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Railway Station
- The York Helmet