Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The White Rose of York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Norman House
- Guy Fawkes
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Statue of Napoleon
- Walmgate Bar
- View from Station Rise
- The Mansion House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Transport Moves On
- Feeding Roman York