Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bone Trial Piece
- A New University
- The Hospitium
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Anglian Cross
- Church of St Helen
- 62 Low Petergate
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Basilica