Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Lendal Bridge
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's Coat of Arms
- A New University
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Jewbury Cemetery
- King Edward I and York
- George Leeman
- The 1190 Massacre
- Sixties York
- Water Lanes
- Clifford's Tower
- The York Helmet
- Medieval Prisons
- Church of St Olave
- The Greyfriars
- The First Minster