Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Mystery Plays
- Clifford's Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The End of the Abbey
- King Richard III and York
- New Earswick
- The Medieval Minster
- Norman Window Frame
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Skeldergate Bridge
- John Carr - Architect
- View from Station Rise
- Amber Bead Workshop
- King Edward I and York