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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- The York Observatory
- First World War York
- Stonegate
- William Etty, Artist
- Is York Cursed?
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The York Hoard
- St Crux's Church
- Roman Head Pot
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Ripon College for Women
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Female Prison
- Holy Trinity Church
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop