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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Inscription to Hecules
- Viking Boot
- Barley Hall
- A New Walk
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Is York Cursed?
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Art Gallery
- Water Lanes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A New University
- The George Fox Incident
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Medieval Chamber Pot