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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Airfield
- The End of the Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Bombed
- The Medieval Castle
- York Union Gas Works
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fishergate Bar
- A New Vision For York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- William Etty, Artist
- The Mystery Plays
- Monk Bar
- Glazed Medieval Jug