Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Our Lady's Row
- Viking Coins
- St Crux's Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Castle
- Clifford's Tower
- Lendal Tower
- The Guildhall
- The Council of Arles
- Barker Tower
- Medieval Prisons
- First World War York
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Garrison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Boot