Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- New Earswick
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The White Rose of York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A Pipkin
- Bootham Bar
- King Edward I and York
- York Railway Station
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Fairfax House
- Viking Silk Cap
- Ripon College for Women
- York Union Gas Works
- York and the Holocaust