Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Bridge
- The York Observatory
- Jubbergate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Fire in the Minster
- The Horn of Ulf
- Alcuin of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- A New Vision For York
- Mary Ward
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Female Prison
- The Victorian Prison Building