Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Middleham Jewel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Mary Ward
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- First World War York
- York Garrison
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Dick Turpin
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Battle of the Standard
- Royal Station Hotel
- A New University
- The Norman Castle