Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Monk Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Railway Institute
- Teaching the Poor
- Rowntree Park
- Dick Turpin
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Castle Museum
- Is York Cursed?
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- New Earswick