Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- Bootham School
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Roman Head Pot
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Female Prison
- The Norman House
- Ripon College for Women
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- A New Walk
- The Cawood Sword
- The Black Death
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The White Rose of York