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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Greyfriars
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Judges Lodging
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Gold Finger Ring
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Cinema Comes to York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Norman Castle
- Church of St Olave
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Clifford's Tower
- King Edward I and York
- York Bombed
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York