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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Central Library
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Bar Convent
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- First World War York
- Guy Fawkes
- A Pipkin
- Statue of an Athlete