Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Minster Library
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Transport Moves On
- Clifford's Tower
- The Medieval Abbey
- Rowntree Park
- Fairfax House
- The White Rose of York
- First World War York
- Church of St Helen
- King Edward II and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Sword Pommel