Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Royal Station Hotel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Ouse Bridge
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The York Observatory
- The First Minster
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- William Etty, Artist
- Lendal Bridge
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'