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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Royal Station Hotel
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Medieval Castle
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Horn of Ulf
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fire in the Minster
- Viking Silk Cap
- Medieval Prisons
- The White Rose of York
- King Edward III and York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Holocaust
- The County Court House
- The Female Prison
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street