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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Battle of the Standard
- Gold Arm Ring
- Yorkshire Museum
- Rowntree Park
- Ripon College for Women
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Lendal Tower
- The Roman Fortress
- A New Vision For York
- The Norman Castle
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Assembly Rooms
- Crest of York St John College
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Our Lady's Row