Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Victoria Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Stonegate
- Minster Library
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Medieval Minster
- The Mystery Plays
- The Greyfriars
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward I and York
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Male Grooming