Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Holy Trinity Church
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Transport Moves On
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of St Helen
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Mary Ward
- Royal Station Hotel
- King Richard III and York
- De Grey Rooms
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King's Manor - Victorian