Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Red Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The End of the Abbey
- Military Belt Fitting
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Teaching the Poor
- Anglian Carving
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Norman Minster
- Yorkshire Museum
- Judges Lodging
- Church of St Wilfrid
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Glazed Medieval Jug