Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Mystery Plays
- The George Fox Incident
- York Bombed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Basilica
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Dick Turpin
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Hair of a Roman Girl