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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- New Earswick
- St William's Shrine
- A New University
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Debtors' Prison
- Lendal Tower
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The York Observatory
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Male Grooming
- York and the Holocaust