Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New University
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- New Shopping Centres
- The End of the Abbey
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Royal Station Hotel
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Coins
- Our Lady's Row
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church