Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Is York Cursed?
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of St Olave
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Viking Sword Pommel
- George Leeman
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Ripon College for Women
- The Medieval Minster
- The Medieval Castle
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York