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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Abbot's House
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The White Rose of York
- The New Theatre
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- A New University
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Alcuin of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York Art Gallery