Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Alcuin of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Railway Institute
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Helen
- Bootham Bar
- The Greyfriars
- The Cawood Sword
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Jubbergate
- Yorkshire Museum
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Norman Window Frame
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The York Observatory
- Silver Strap Ends