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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Barley Hall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Union Gas Works
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Crux's Church
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Guildhall
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- William Etty, Artist
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Church of St Olave