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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Coins
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Medieval Castle
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Judges Lodging
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Retreat
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bootham School
- Lendal Tower
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Mansion House
- Viking Male Grooming