Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Medieval Prisons
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Norman Window Frame
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Walmgate Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The First Minster
- Statue of an Athlete
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers