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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Mary Ward
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York Garrison
- Gold Finger Ring
- Anglian Carving
- A New Walk
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Clifford's Tower
- Vale of York Viking Hoard