Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Margaret Clitherow
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Dick Turpin
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Second World War York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Gold Finger Ring
- The County Court House
- York and the Holocaust
- St William's Shrine
- The York Observatory
- Viking Boot
- Lendal Bridge
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The First Minster
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop