Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Viking Silk Cap
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Horn of Ulf
- Guy Fawkes
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Teaching the Poor
- Olive Oil Container
- Crest of York St John College
- Bronze weights
- A New University
- York's Airfield
- Feeding Roman York