Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Minster
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Multangular Tower
- Our Lady's Row
- Fishergate Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- John Carr - Architect
- Anglian Carving
- New Shopping Centres
- William Etty, Artist
- The Cawood Sword
- Yorkshire Museum
- Middleham Jewel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa