Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Helen
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Horn of Ulf
- The White Rose of York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Clifford's Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Richard III and York
- Fishergate Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Mystery Plays
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Feeding Roman York
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Crossed Keys Symbol