Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The First Railway Station
- 62 Low Petergate
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- The County Court House
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Cawood Sword
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Water Lanes
- Fishergate Bar
- Sixties York
- Is York Cursed?
- Cinema Comes to York