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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The First Railway Station
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Vikings and Christianity
- Middleham Jewel
- The York Hoard
- The Medieval Minster
- The Mystery Plays
- The Railway Institute
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Council of Arles
- The Multangular Tower
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman House
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Crest of York St John College