Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Treasurer's House
- Holy Trinity Church
- York Garrison
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- New Earswick
- Industrial Upheaval
- Fire in the Minster
- The Retreat
- Bronze weights
- The Norman Abbey
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill