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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- First World War Memorial
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Middleham Jewel
- Walmgate Bar
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Central Library
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The York Hoard
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Statue of the God Mars
- Our Lady's Row
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Hospitium
- Skeldergate Bridge
- New Earswick