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 Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Central Library
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York Garrison
- Bootham School
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mary Ward
- First World War York
- The Norman Castle
- Fairfax House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Jubbergate
- The Railway Institute