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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Water Lanes
- The New Theatre
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Our Lady's Row
- Is York Cursed?
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Art Gallery
- Sixties York
- York Garrison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Norman Castle