Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Transport Moves On
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- A New Vision For York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Medieval Minster
- The Council of Arles
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Walmgate Bar
- York Central Library
- The Minster in the 19th Century