Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A New Vision For York
- Barley Hall
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Micklegate Bar
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Horn of Ulf
- Cinema Comes to York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Fairfax House
- The Mansion House
- Walmgate Bar
- Fishergate Bar
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions