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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Inscription to Hecules
- Jubbergate
- The 1190 Massacre
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham Bar
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Horn of Ulf
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The First Minster
- York's Airfield
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Constantius Chlorus
- Judges Lodging
- William Etty, Artist
- De Grey Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions