Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- A Pipkin
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Helen
- Sixties York
- Norman Window Frame
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Shopping Centres
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Railway Station
- Minster Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward III and York
- Roman Head Pot