Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Walmgate Bar
- King Edward II and York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Judges Lodging
- York Bombed
- King Richard II and York
- Bootham School
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- 62 Low Petergate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Guildhall