Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Roman Fortress
- The Guildhall
- St William's Shrine
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Basilica
- Is York Cursed?
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York's Coat of Arms
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Statue of the God Mars
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The York Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake