Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- 62 Low Petergate
- Jubbergate
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Judges Lodging
- Viking Boot
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Helen
- New Shopping Centres
- Bronze weights
- Industrial Upheaval
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Abbot's House