Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Mystery Plays
- Anglian Cross
- The Medieval Minster
- Lendal Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Sixties York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Hospitium
- York Union Gas Works
- The Female Prison