Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Jubbergate
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St William's Shrine
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Lendal Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- John Carr - Architect
- Vikings and Christianity
- Inscription to Hecules
- Viking Boot
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Lendal Bridge