Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- A New University
- The New Theatre
- The York Hoard
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Stonegate
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Boot
- The Mansion House
- St Crux's Church
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Abbot's House
- Judges Lodging
- Barley Hall
- The Minster in Viking Times