Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Castle Museum
- Silver Strap Ends
- The George Fox Incident
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Boot
- New Shopping Centres
- The Red Tower
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Holy Trinity Church
- Central Methodist Chapel
- First World War York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)