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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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York in the fifteenth Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- York's Coat of Arms
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Medieval Minster
- Clifford's Tower
- The York Helmet
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Union Gas Works
- View from Station Rise
- Walmgate Bar
- St William's Shrine