Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Barley Hall
- View from Station Rise
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The End of the Abbey
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York and the Holocaust
- The White Rose of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bootham School
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Multangular Tower
- The Greyfriars
- The Railway King: George Hudson