Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- A Pipkin
- The Basilica
- The Council of Arles
- 62 Low Petergate
- The York Helmet
- New Earswick
- Ripon College for Women
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Hospitium
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman Minster
- Micklegate Bar
- Judges Lodging
- York Union Gas Works
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa