Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Viking Sword Pommel
- First World War Memorial
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Teaching the Poor
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Mansion House
- Church of St Olave
- Bootham School
- The County Court House
- The Council of Arles
- Second World War York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Cumberland House, King's Staith