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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Transport Moves On
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Anglian Cross
- Bronze weights
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Castle Museum
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Coins
- Dick Turpin
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Medieval Prisons
- The Abbot's House
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Boot
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Hospitium