Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- 62 Low Petergate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Railway Institute
- Bone Trial Piece
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A New Walk
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York Union Gas Works
- George Leeman
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Norman Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Horn of Ulf