Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Micklegate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Debtors' Prison
- Industrial Upheaval
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Mansion House
- Viking Coins
- The Guildhall
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Abbot's House
- Barker Tower