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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Holy Trinity Church
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Medieval Prisons
- Monk Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Yorkshire Museum
- Middleham Jewel
- The Horn of Ulf
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Statue of Napoleon
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Hospitium
- Treasurer's House
- The First Minster
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle