Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Cawood Sword
- The Greyfriars
- York's Airfield
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Lendal Tower
- King Richard III and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Female Prison
- Fishergate Bar
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Central Library
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fairfax House
- De Grey Rooms
- The Council of Arles