Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Holy Trinity Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Our Lady's Row
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Viking Boot
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Norman Abbey
- Stonegate
- Judges Lodging
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Medieval Prisons
- The Newgate Cross Shaft