Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The York Hoard
- Sixties York
- The Norman Abbey
- A New University
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Olive Oil Container
- The Retreat
- St Crux's Church
- Military Belt Fitting
- Viking Coins
- The Greyfriars
- King Edward I and York
- Church of St Wilfrid