Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Walmgate Bar
- The Basilica
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Red Tower
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Holy Trinity Church
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Bombed
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Male Grooming
- Second World War York
- The Abbot's House
- Gold Finger Ring