Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Roman Fortress
- Transport Moves On
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Middleham Jewel
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Gold Finger Ring
- A New Walk
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Cawood Sword
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- New Shopping Centres
- The Red Tower
- Yorkshire Museum
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom