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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Medieval Prisons
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Transport Moves On
- George Leeman
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Jubbergate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Garrison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Fishergate Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The George Fox Incident