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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Mansion House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Black Death
- The Abbot's House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Retreat
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop