Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Walmgate Bar
- Crest of York St John College
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Anglian Cross
- York's Airfield
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Sixties York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Victoria Bar
- Statue of an Athlete
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Multangular Tower