Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- First World War Memorial
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Barley Hall
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Guy Fawkes
- The Guildhall
- Industrial Upheaval
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham School
- The Multangular Tower
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Barker Tower
- Teaching the Poor