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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Constantius Chlorus
- York's Airfield
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Micklegate Bar
- A New University
- Margaret Clitherow
- Guy Fawkes
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Silver Strap Ends
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Stonegate
- The York Hoard
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Viking Silk Cap
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Wilfrid