Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- York Railway Station
- The Medieval Abbey
- Transport Moves On
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Victoria Bar
- The York Helmet
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York Union Gas Works
- The Mansion House
- The Norman Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Viking Boot
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Hospitium