Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- The First Minster
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- A New Walk
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Fire in the Minster
- The Greyfriars
- The Railway Institute
- Ripon College for Women
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Crux's Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The York Observatory
- Minster Library
- Scarborough Bridge
- Silver Strap Ends
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'