Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- The Norman House
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Royal Station Hotel
- The First Railway Station
- The Medieval Minster
- Barley Hall
- Monk Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Mystery Plays