Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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.
- Anglian Cross
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- William Etty, Artist
- Bronze weights
- The Horn of Ulf
- York's Coat of Arms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Barley Hall
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Debtors' Prison
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Newgate Cross Shaft