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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Assembly Rooms
- Guy Fawkes
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Tower
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Statue of Napoleon
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Bar Convent