Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Railway Institute
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bone Trial Piece
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Abbot's House
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Black Death
- York Art Gallery
- Lendal Bridge
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Roman Head Pot
- Cinema Comes to York
- A New Walk