Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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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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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Feeding Roman York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Scarborough Bridge
- George Leeman
- King Edward I and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- De Grey Rooms
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Rowntree Park
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Mystery Plays
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Anglian Burial Vessel