Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Ripon College for Women
- Ouse Bridge
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- King Richard III and York
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Monk Bar
- Royal Station Hotel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Viking Male Grooming
- Our Lady's Row
- George Leeman