Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- 62 Low Petergate
- St William's Shrine
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Bar Convent
- Barker Tower
- Church of St Helen
- The Railway Institute
- Our Lady's Row
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Minster Library
- Bone Trial Piece
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Assembly Rooms
- Margaret Clitherow