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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Hospitium
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fire in the Minster
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- First World War York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Micklegate Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Silver Strap Ends
- The New Theatre
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- William Etty, Artist
- Rowntree Park
- Artists, Writers and Scientists