Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Yorkshire Museum
- King Edward II and York
- The New Theatre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Abbot's House
- Fire in the Minster
- The Norman Minster
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Anglian Carving
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Ouse Bridge
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The White Rose of York