Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Carving
- Mary Ward
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Council of Arles
- Central Methodist Chapel
- A New University
- Barker Tower
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Norman Abbey
- New Earswick
- The Basilica
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Statue of the God Mars