Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Alcuin of York
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Bombed
- Middleham Jewel
- Ripon College for Women
- Barker Tower
- Barley Hall
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Second World War York
- Is York Cursed?
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Micklegate Bar