Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Stonegate
- The County Court House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Helen
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Feeding Roman York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Norman Abbey
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Battle of the Standard
- Hair of a Roman Girl