Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Mansion House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- First World War York
- The Medieval Castle
- Military Belt Fitting
- King Edward III and York
- The Basilica
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Shambles
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate