Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- New Earswick
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Water Lanes
- York Railway Station
- Viking Coins
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bronze weights
- Norman Window Frame
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The White Rose of York