Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- The Black Death
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King Richard II and York
- Clifford's Tower
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Micklegate Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Second World War York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- George Leeman
- The Norman Castle
- Royal Station Hotel
- Trams Pulled by Horses