Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Shambles
- Second World War York
- Minster Library
- York Central Library
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Aldwark Synagogue
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Debtors' Prison
- St William's Shrine
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Ripon College for Women
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Anglian Cross
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The York Observatory