Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Stonegate
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Fishergate Bar
- Teaching the Poor
- York Bombed
- Viking Boot
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- First World War York
- The Hospitium
- The Battle of the Standard