Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Inscription to Hecules
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Vikings and Christianity
- Feeding Roman York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Lendal Bridge
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- De Grey Rooms
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Crest of York St John College
- New Earswick
- York Union Gas Works
- Treasurer's House
- The White Rose of York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Alcuin of York
- Church of St Olave