Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Monk Bar
- The Guildhall
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Railway Station
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The 1190 Massacre
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Norman Window Frame
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- George Leeman
- Judges Lodging
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Hospitium
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop