Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The First Railway Station
- The Mystery Plays
- Victoria Bar
- The Abbot's House
- The Hospitium
- Vikings and Christianity
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Shambles
- Royal Station Hotel
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Judges Lodging
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy