Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Hospitium
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Minster Library
- King Richard II and York
- The Roman Fortress
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Water Lanes
- First World War Memorial
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Judges Lodging
- York Union Gas Works
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Norman Window Frame