Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bone Trial Piece
- Fishergate Bar
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bronze weights
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Female Prison
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Council of Arles
- Alcuin of York
- The Norman Castle
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Lendal Bridge
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Tombstone of Julia Velva