Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Viking Boot
- The Cawood Sword
- View from Station Rise
- St Crux's Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Union Gas Works
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Ripon College for Women
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Roman Head Pot
- Viking Coins
- The Basilica
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Council of Arles