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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Black Death
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Olave
- Margaret Clitherow
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Feeding Roman York
- A Pipkin
- New Shopping Centres
- Amber Bead Workshop
- John Carr - Architect
- York Bombed
- St William's Shrine
- The Railway King: George Hudson