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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Feeding Roman York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Olave
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Margaret Clitherow
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Wilfrid
- King Richard II and York
- Anglian Carving
- The Norman Abbey
- Anglian Cross
- The First Minster
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Guildhall
- Barley Hall