Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- De Grey Rooms
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Roman Fortress
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Central Library
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cinema Comes to York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Railway Station
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Garrison
- Minster Library
- The Medieval Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl