Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The End of the Abbey
- Fire in the Minster
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Carving
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The George Fox Incident
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Medieval Castle
- Scarborough Bridge
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York Art Gallery
- The Victorian Prison Building