Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Female Prison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- View from Station Rise
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Royal Station Hotel
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- William Etty, Artist
- The Greyfriars
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Medieval Synagogue