Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Barley Hall
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Mary Ward
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Garrison
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Female Prison
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bootham School
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- 62 Low Petergate