Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Clifford's Tower
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Treasurer's House
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Medieval Castle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The 1190 Massacre
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- The Red Tower
- Military Belt Fitting
- Ouse Bridge
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fairfax House
- King Richard II and York