Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Greyfriars
- Dick Turpin
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Second World War York
- York and the Holocaust
- Stonegate
- Fairfax House
- The Hospitium
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Assembly Rooms
- King Edward II and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Vikings and Christianity
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Newgate Cross Shaft