Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Ouse Bridge
- Treasurer's House
- St William's Shrine
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- A Pipkin
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Cawood Sword
- The 1190 Massacre
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Teaching the Poor
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Aldwark Synagogue
- King Richard II and York
- Bone Trial Piece
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa