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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Viking Coins
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Union Gas Works
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The First Minster
- The Norman Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Second World War York
- Church of St Helen
- Royal Station Hotel
- Micklegate Bar
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Medieval Prisons
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Mansion House