Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- King Edward III and York
- York Castle Museum
- York Union Gas Works
- New Shopping Centres
- Our Lady's Row
- The Assembly Rooms
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Medieval Castle
- Olive Oil Container
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Olave
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Middleham Jewel