Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Female Prison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- Barley Hall
- Viking Coins
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Central Library
- Statue of Napoleon
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Middleham Jewel
- York Bombed