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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The York Hoard
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- A New Vision For York
- Bootham School
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Greyfriars
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Guildhall
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster after the Reformation