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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- King Edward III and York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Is York Cursed?
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Female Prison
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The End of the Abbey
- Dick Turpin
- The George Fox Incident