Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Feeding Roman York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Dick Turpin
- The York Hoard
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Assembly Rooms
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- First World War York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Edward III and York
- The George Fox Incident
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Red Tower
- The Female Prison