Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Bar Convent
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Sixties York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Stonegate
- The Multangular Tower
- The Mystery Plays
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Battle of the Standard
- Amber Bead Workshop
- 62 Low Petergate
- Vikings and Christianity
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Rowntree Park