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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Norman Minster
- Viking Boot
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Middleham Jewel
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Norman Abbey
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Hoard
- Norman Window Frame