Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Holocaust
- Statue of an Athlete
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Mary Ward
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Black Death
- Church of St Helen
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- A New Vision For York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Judges Lodging
- King Edward I and York
- The Mystery Plays
- Bootham Bar
- Yorkshire Museum