Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- John Carr - Architect
- Jubbergate
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Rowntree Park
- The Bar Convent
- The Shambles
- The Horn of Ulf
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Second World War York
- York Central Library
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bronze weights
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Viking Boot