Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Anglian Cross
- The White Rose of York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Minster Library
- Viking Boot
- The Norman House
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- The Hospitium
- Mary Ward
- The Greyfriars
- The Basilica
- York Central Library
- Victoria Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch