Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The First Railway Station
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Railway Institute
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Ripon College for Women
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Anglian Cross
- Our Lady's Row
- New Earswick
- The Norman House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of All Saints Pavement