Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Barker Tower
- The Medieval Castle
- Guy Fawkes
- Statue of the God Mars
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Constantius Chlorus
- New Shopping Centres
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Union Gas Works
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Walmgate Bar
- Anglian Cross
- Dick Turpin
- Skeldergate Bridge