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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Middleham Jewel
- Barley Hall
- 62 Low Petergate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ripon College for Women
- The Norman Abbey
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Bridge
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Cross
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Garrison
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham Bar