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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- 62 Low Petergate
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York Union Gas Works
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Lendal Tower
- Medieval Prisons
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Guildhall
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Black Death
- Ripon College for Women
- York's first historian: Francis Drake