Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- A New University
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Anglian Carving
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Hospitium
- York Garrison
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of St Olave
- All Saints Church, North Street
- King Richard III and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham School
- Mary Ward