Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Fishergate Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Garrison
- Alcuin of York
- New Shopping Centres
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The York Observatory
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Railway Institute
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Judges Lodging
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St William's Shrine
- Walmgate Bar
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- First World War York