Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- View from Station Rise
- The Railway Institute
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Cawood Sword
- Fairfax House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Norman Minster
- The First Railway Station
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- All Saints Church, North Street
- King Edward I and York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Statue of an Athlete
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers