Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Roman Head Pot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The York Hoard
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Barley Hall
- York's Airfield
- The Battle of the Standard
- Second World War York
- The Cawood Sword
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Hospitium
- King Richard II and York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Treasurer's House