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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- The Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Edward I and York
- The Guildhall
- Bootham School
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Holocaust
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Lendal Tower
- The First Minster
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Jewbury Cemetery