Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Female Prison
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Norman House
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Bombed
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Olave
- St Crux's Church
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Lendal Bridge
- Silver Strap Ends