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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Anglian Cross
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Union Gas Works
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A Pipkin
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York and the Holocaust
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- King Richard III and York