Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- Jubbergate
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Cross
- Ripon College for Women
- Norman Window Frame
- The Hospitium
- First World War York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King Edward I and York
- Bootham Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bootham School
- Church of St Helen