Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Military Belt Fitting
- Middleham Jewel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Art Gallery
- Fishergate Bar
- The Basilica
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Castle Museum
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Lendal Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Leonard's Hospital
- New Shopping Centres
- York's Coat of Arms
- Holy Trinity Church
- Margaret Clitherow