Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- The Railway Institute
- York Central Library
- Our Lady's Row
- The Medieval Abbey
- The York Hoard
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Gold Arm Ring
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster after the Reformation
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Coins
- Bootham Bar
- The Female Prison