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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham Bar
- Bootham School
- The Norman Castle
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Ouse Bridge
- New Earswick
- Our Lady's Row
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- First World War Memorial
- The Multangular Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Crest of York St John College
- York Art Gallery
- The Abbot's House