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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The First Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Medieval Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Council of Arles
- The New Theatre
- The Greyfriars
- Lendal Bridge
- Ripon College for Women
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Crest of York St John College
- Dick Turpin
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Norman Window Frame