Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Vikings and Christianity
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of St Helen
- A New Walk
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Is York Cursed?
- Alcuin of York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Statue of the God Mars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Norman Abbey
- Daniel Defoe's York