Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Water Lanes
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Middleham Jewel
- The Bar Convent
- The Battle of the Standard
- Gold Finger Ring
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Statue of the God Mars
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's Airfield
- The York Helmet