Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Crest of York St John College
- The Medieval Abbey
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Viking Silk Cap
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- A New University
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Cinema Comes to York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Sixties York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Lendal Bridge
- York St John in the 20th Century