Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century
- View from Station Rise
- Mary Ward
- Bootham School
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- New Shopping Centres
- The Multangular Tower
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Council of Arles
- The Roman Fortress
- Constantius Chlorus
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Female Prison
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'