Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Basilica
- Mary Ward
- Fishergate Bar
- Church of St Olave
- Micklegate Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- York's Coat of Arms
- Minster Library
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Barley Hall
- 62 Low Petergate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Yorkshire Museum