Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The York Observatory
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Micklegate Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- The New Theatre
- Anglian Carving
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Mansion House
- York's Airfield
- King Edward II and York
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Norman Minster