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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Treasurer's House
- Sixties York
- York's Airfield
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Is York Cursed?
- The Medieval Castle
- Fishergate Bar
- Alcuin of York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Edward I and York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Norman Window Frame
- Olive Oil Container
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Vikings and Christianity