Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Second World War York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Walmgate Bar
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Teaching the Poor
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Shopping Centres
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Leonard's Hospital
- George Leeman
- Alcuin of York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The End of the Abbey
- The Council of Arles
- Cinema Comes to York