Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Statue of the God Mars
- The 1190 Massacre
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Black Death
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Second World War York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Anglian Carving
- Monk Bar
- Teaching the Poor
- Bone Trial Piece
- New Shopping Centres
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'