Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Gold Finger Ring
- Middleham Jewel
- Lendal Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Silver Strap Ends
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bootham School
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- A New Vision For York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Railway Institute
- Inscription to Hecules
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Transport Moves On
- Ripon College for Women