Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- View from Station Rise
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Stonegate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Alcuin of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Council of Arles
- Church of St Helen
- Water Lanes
- The Mystery Plays
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman Minster