Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Mystery Plays
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Central Library
- Stonegate
- Holy Trinity Church
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Military Belt Fitting
- The White Rose of York
- The George Fox Incident
- Dick Turpin
- The Female Prison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Cinema Comes to York