Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Assembly Rooms
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Cawood Sword
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- New Shopping Centres
- Monk Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Basilica
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St Crux's Church
- The First Railway Station
- King's Manor - Victorian
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York