Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- A New University
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Micklegate Bar
- The First Railway Station
- A New Walk
- Viking Male Grooming
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- A New Vision For York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Bombed
- Anglian Carving
- The Medieval Abbey