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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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- Guy Fawkes
- Gold Finger Ring
- A Pipkin
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Middleham Jewel
- The Female Prison
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- A New University
- The County Court House
- Bone Trial Piece
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Debtors' Prison