Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- Mary Ward
- Scarborough Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Tower
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Norman House
- John Carr - Architect
- Bootham Bar
- Middleham Jewel
- Viking Silk Cap
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- A New Walk
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Statue of Napoleon