Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Lendal Tower
- King Richard III and York
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Fire in the Minster
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Railway Institute
- King Richard II and York
- York Garrison
- The Battle of the Standard
- Treasurer's House
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- New Shopping Centres
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Council of Arles