Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Monk Bar
- St William's Shrine
- Our Lady's Row
- The Female Prison
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Teaching the Poor
- Yorkshire Museum
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Inscription to Hecules
- Dick Turpin
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Union Gas Works
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York