Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Barley Hall
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- First World War York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Jubbergate