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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Fishergate Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Is York Cursed?
- View from Station Rise
- Bootham Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Helen
- The Retreat
- New Earswick
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- New Shopping Centres
- A New Vision For York