Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Viking Male Grooming
- John Carr - Architect
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Statue of an Athlete
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Helen
- The Medieval Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- The White Rose of York
- Stonegate
- The Hospitium
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Lendal Tower
- The Basilica
- Monk Bar