Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The End of the Abbey
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Hospitium
- A New University
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Holy Trinity Church
- York Castle Museum
- Ripon College for Women
- The Norman Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Retreat
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bootham School
- The Pilgrimage of Grace