Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The George Fox Incident
- William Etty, Artist
- Inscription to Hecules
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Lendal Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Railway Station
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Walmgate Bar
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Crossed Keys Symbol