Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of St Olave
- York Bombed
- Our Lady's Row
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Guy Fawkes
- Norman Window Frame
- Feeding Roman York
- Judges Lodging
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York in the fifteenth Century