Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Art Gallery
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Rowntree Park
- Bone Trial Piece
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Lendal Tower
- The Cawood Sword
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Artists, Writers and Scientists