Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Medieval Castle
- A New Walk
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Middleham Jewel
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Ripon College for Women
- Barley Hall
- New Shopping Centres
- The York Hoard
- The George Fox Incident
- A New University
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window