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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bootham Bar
- The Guildhall
- A New University
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Multangular Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's Airfield
- York Castle Museum
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Retreat
- Viking Male Grooming
- Barley Hall
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bootham School
- William Etty, Artist