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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Bootham Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The New Theatre
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Viking Boot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- King Richard III and York