Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Retreat
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- George Leeman
- The Medieval Abbey
- The New Theatre
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Guildhall
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of the God Mars
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Jubbergate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom