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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Fairfax House
- The Mystery Plays
- Mary Ward
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York's Coat of Arms
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Medieval Prisons
- Church of St Helen
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Statue of the God Mars
- The New Theatre
- Royal Station Hotel
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Bar Convent