Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Viking Boot
- York Railway Station
- A New Walk
- Fairfax House
- Bootham Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery
- All Saints Church, North Street
- New Earswick
- Fishergate Bar
- First World War York
- The Basilica
- A New Vision For York
- King's Manor - Victorian