Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham Bar
- Stonegate
- The George Fox Incident
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Retreat
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman House
- Middleham Jewel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in the 18th Century