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 Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Victoria Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Coins
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Medieval Castle
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Second World War York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Anglian Cross
- A New University
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Teaching the Poor
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Hospitium
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy