Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Leeman
- The Mansion House
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Central Library
- The Guildhall
- Anglian Cross
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Mary Ward
- The Debtors' Prison
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Barker Tower
- Barley Hall
- Olive Oil Container