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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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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.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Union Gas Works
- The Medieval Castle
- Norman Window Frame
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Central Library
- New Earswick
- A New University
- Viking Boot
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Observatory
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Scarborough Bridge
- King Edward I and York
- York's Coat of Arms
- Roman Head Pot
- The Minster after the Reformation