Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Statue of the God Mars
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Railway Station
- The First Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Second World War York
- Water Lanes
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Horn of Ulf
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Medieval Synagogue