Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A Pipkin
- Barker Tower
- The Norman House
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Statue of an Athlete
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Bombed
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Viking Coins
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Vikings and Christianity
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Viking Male Grooming
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's Coat of Arms