Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Shambles
- Skeldergate Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Anglian Carving
- Micklegate Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Guy Fawkes
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York's Airfield
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Multangular Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- View from Station Rise
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Norman House