Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- De Grey Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Treasurer's House
- Dick Turpin
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Stonegate
- The York Helmet
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Water Lanes
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Guy Fawkes
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Medieval Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers