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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The White Rose of York
- The Guildhall
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Fishergate Bar
- Our Lady's Row
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Daniel Defoe's York
- First World War York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Rowntree Park
- The York Observatory
- Lendal Bridge