Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Anglian Carving
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The First Railway Station
- The First Minster
- The Cawood Sword
- Statue of the God Mars
- Viking Male Grooming
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Norman Minster
- Sixties York
- John Carr - Architect
- The York Observatory
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop