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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Black Death
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Lendal Bridge
- Bootham School
- A New Vision For York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Our Lady's Row
- The Mystery Plays
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Constantius Chlorus
- King Richard II and York
- The Hospitium
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Railway Institute