Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Roman Head Pot
- York Castle Museum
- New Shopping Centres
- Yorkshire Museum
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Norman Castle
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bronze weights
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- New Earswick
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Sixties York
- The White Rose of York
- York St John in the 20th Century