Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Constantius Chlorus
- Statue of an Athlete
- Viking Boot
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Bombed
- York and the Holocaust
- The Council of Arles
- Lendal Bridge
- Ripon College for Women
- The Debtors' Prison
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York Garrison
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Shambles