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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Basilica
- Monk Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Mystery Plays
- York and the Holocaust
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The York Helmet
- King Richard II and York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Fire in the Minster
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Mansion House