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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The George Fox Incident
- The Greyfriars
- The Cawood Sword
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Judges Lodging
- Olive Oil Container
- The Debtors' Prison
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Richard II and York
- St William's Shrine
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- 62 Low Petergate
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Stonegate