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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Dick Turpin
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Basilica
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Barley Hall
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Mary Ward
- The Railway Institute
- The York Helmet
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Our Lady's Row