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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- A New University
- Feeding Roman York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Mansion House
- Norman Window Frame
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Statue of the God Mars
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Mary Ward
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Black Death
- The End of the Abbey
- Fishergate Bar
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Clifford's Tower