Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- The York Helmet
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- St William's Shrine
- Judges Lodging
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Fairfax House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Our Lady's Row
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York Union Gas Works
- Aldwark Synagogue