Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Abbot's House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of St Helen
- Industrial Upheaval
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Anglian Carving
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Viking Coins
- York Bombed
- The Retreat
- Norman Window Frame