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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Observatory
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Norman Window Frame
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Horn of Ulf
- York's Coat of Arms
- The First Minster
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Garrison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Basilica