Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Lendal Tower
- The Black Death
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Lendal Bridge
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The York Observatory
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Central Library
- Fishergate Bar
- St William's Shrine
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Roman Gods and Goddesses