Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Norman Castle
- The First Minster
- The Greyfriars
- Scarborough Bridge
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Richard II and York
- The End of the Abbey
- Dick Turpin
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- A New Vision For York
- The Abbot's House
- Barley Hall
- King Edward III and York
- The Mansion House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Jewbury Cemetery