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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Olive Oil Container
- The Abbot's House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- A New University
- Military Belt Fitting
- The First Railway Station
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- New Earswick
- The Shambles
- St Crux's Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The End of the Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Victorian Prison Building