Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- Bootham Bar
- Industrial Upheaval
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman Minster
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Statue of an Athlete
- Micklegate Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Eric Bloodaxe
- First World War York
- Church of St Olave
- Fire in the Minster
- George Leeman
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre