Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Assembly Rooms
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Jubbergate
- Anglian Carving
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Feeding Roman York
- A Pipkin
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- Anglian Cross
- The End of the Abbey
- The Mystery Plays
- Lendal Tower
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- George Leeman
- Scarborough Bridge