Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- York Union Gas Works
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Teaching the Poor
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Horn of Ulf
- Anglian Cross
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Barker Tower
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Leonard's Hospital