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
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Gold Finger Ring
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York and the Holocaust
- Dick Turpin
- The First Minster
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Barley Hall
- The Assembly Rooms
- Scarborough Bridge
- New Shopping Centres
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'