Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- King Edward I and York
- John Carr - Architect
- York St John in the 20th Century
- View from Station Rise
- Anglian Carving
- The Medieval Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- New Earswick
- The Hospitium
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bootham School
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- William Etty, Artist
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Middleham Jewel
- Sixties York