Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Church of St Helen
- The Roman Fortress
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Holocaust
- The First Railway Station
- The York Hoard
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The County Court House
- The First Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Castle Museum
- Constantius Chlorus