Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Horn of Ulf
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bootham School
- Scarborough Bridge
- King Edward I and York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Cinema Comes to York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Roman Fortress
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- 62 Low Petergate