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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Sixties York
- York's Airfield
- Vikings and Christianity
- Anglian Cross
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of an Athlete
- King Edward I and York
- The York Hoard
- A New University
- York Railway Station
- The Shambles
- The New Theatre
- Aldwark Synagogue
- De Grey Rooms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head