Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Richard III and York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Roman Head Pot
- The Female Prison
- The Retreat
- York Castle Museum
- A New University
- Statue of the God Mars
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York