Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Art Gallery
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Anglian Carving
- York's Airfield
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Crest of York St John College
- The Mystery Plays
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Mansion House
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Daniel Defoe's York
- First World War Memorial