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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Viking Male Grooming
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The York Observatory
- The York Helmet
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Art Gallery
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Hospitium
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Ripon College for Women
- Norman Window Frame
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The End of the Abbey
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'