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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Norman Castle
- The Medieval Minster
- Victoria Bar
- The Debtors' Prison
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Bombed
- The Red Tower
- Medieval Prisons
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Clifford's Tower
- New Shopping Centres
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Treasurer's House
- Viking Male Grooming
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle