Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward II and York
- Dick Turpin
- George Leeman
- Mary Ward
- Minster Library
- Monk Bar
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The First Railway Station
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The 1190 Massacre
- New Shopping Centres
- The Mansion House
- St Leonard's Hospital