Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- The Railway Institute
- The Guildhall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Barley Hall
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- George Leeman
- Statue of an Athlete
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Stonegate
- Gold Arm Ring
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Wilfrid