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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Silver Strap Ends
- Water Lanes
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Crest of York St John College
- Fairfax House
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Anglian Carving
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The 1190 Massacre
- Rowntree Park
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Multangular Tower
- Micklegate Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- The Roman Fortress