Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Bar Convent
- Barley Hall
- Second World War York
- De Grey Rooms
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Micklegate Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Norman Abbey
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy