Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Dick Turpin
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Female Prison
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Walmgate Bar
- New Earswick
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Stonegate
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Richard II and York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Middleham Jewel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa