Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Silk Cap
- York Central Library
- Cinema Comes to York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The End of the Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St Crux's Church
- Constantius Chlorus
- New Shopping Centres
- The White Rose of York