Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Richard III and York
- View from Station Rise
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Shambles
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York Castle Museum
- The New Theatre
- Sixties York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Garrison
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St Crux's Church