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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- The First Minster
- The Medieval Castle
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- View from Station Rise
- Viking Coins
- The Norman Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Crux's Church
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Railway Institute
- The Norman House
- St William's Shrine
- The Council of Arles