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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Medieval Minster
- The Hospitium
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Greyfriars
- Teaching the Poor
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The First Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- First World War York
- York Central Library
- Lendal Tower
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Norman Minster