Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Airfield
- Stonegate
- The Shambles
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Mary Ward
- Statue of Napoleon
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Minster Library
- New Shopping Centres
- The Mansion House
- Is York Cursed?