Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Statue of Napoleon
- Church of St Helen
- York Central Library
- Viking Boot
- Norman Window Frame
- A New Walk
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Clifford's Tower
- Church of St Olave
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The End of the Abbey
- A New Vision For York
- St Leonard's Hospital