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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Central Library
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Airfield
- The York Observatory
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Hospitium
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Mystery Plays
- Jubbergate
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The White Rose of York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Female Prison