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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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- St Crux's Church
- The Hospitium
- A Pipkin
- York and the Holocaust
- King Edward I and York
- The Black Death
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Royal Station Hotel
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Medieval Abbey
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Retreat
- St Leonard's Hospital