Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- The Guildhall
- Second World War York
- The Railway Institute
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Sixties York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Olave
- Olive Oil Container
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fishergate Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Gold Arm Ring
- Is York Cursed?
- King Edward I and York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters