Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Bombed
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Norman Abbey
- The Shambles
- First World War York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bronze weights
- York's Airfield
- The York Hoard
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Greyfriars
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Feeding Roman York
- Victoria Bar
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Vikings and Christianity