Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Sixties York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Medieval Castle
- The New Theatre
- Middleham Jewel
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Inscription to Hecules
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Industrial Upheaval
- Inscription from Fortress Gate