Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Rowntree Park
- Bone Trial Piece
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Clifford's Tower
- A New University
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Central Library
- King Edward II and York
- The Female Prison
- First World War York
- The Guildhall
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- First World War Memorial
- The Shambles
- The First Railway Station
- Anglian Cross
- Lendal Bridge