Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Anglian Carving
- Teaching the Poor
- The First Railway Station
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Clifford's Tower
- The Female Prison
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The York Hoard
- The Red Tower
- Treasurer's House
- The Mansion House