Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Carving
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The First Railway Station
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bronze weights
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Transport Moves On
- Mary Ward
- The Railway Institute
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Silk Cap
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- A New University
- Statue of an Athlete
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Minster in the 18th Century