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 Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Constantius Chlorus
- King Edward I and York
- York Castle Museum
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A New Vision For York
- First World War York
- The York Observatory
- Bootham Bar
- Medieval Prisons
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Shopping Centres
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- St William's Shrine
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The County Court House