Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Scarborough Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Gold Arm Ring
- The York Observatory
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The New Theatre
- A New Vision For York
- Second World War York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Bar Convent
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Basilica
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Union Gas Works
- Vikings and Christianity