Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Norman Abbey
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Inscription to Hecules
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- A New Vision For York
- Crest of York St John College
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze weights
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Monk Bar