Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The First Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Horn of Ulf
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Edward I and York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Industrial Upheaval
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Victoria Bar
- Is York Cursed?
- Statue of an Athlete
- Skeldergate Bridge