Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The New Theatre
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Sixties York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Is York Cursed?
- The Hospitium
- Inscription to Hecules
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The 1190 Massacre
- Feeding Roman York
- William Etty, Artist
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Olive Oil Container
- Fire in the Minster