Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Lendal Bridge
- The Greyfriars
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Sixties York
- Norman Window Frame
- Barley Hall
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Feeding Roman York
- The Roman Fortress
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Castle Museum
- The First Railway Station