Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Norman Abbey
- A New University
- King Edward I and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Lendal Bridge
- The York Hoard
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Battle of the Standard
- Roman Head Pot
- Micklegate Bar
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Clifford's Tower