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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Viking Coins
- A Pipkin
- The Hospitium
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Monk Bar
- Viking Silk Cap
- Fire in the Minster
- The End of the Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- Walmgate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of All Saints Pavement