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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- A New Walk
- Gold Finger Ring
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Shambles
- The York Observatory
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The First Minster
- New Shopping Centres
- The Greyfriars
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Holy Trinity Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Lendal Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Anglian Carving