Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Guildhall
- Fairfax House
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Medieval Abbey
- Lendal Tower
- Church of St Helen
- New Shopping Centres
- The George Fox Incident
- Ripon College for Women
- The Norman Minster
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'