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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The White Rose of York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Mansion House
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Feeding Roman York
- The Bar Convent
- The First Railway Station
- Sixties York
- The York Observatory
- Guy Fawkes
- The Norman House
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Guildhall
- Dick Turpin