Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Greyfriars
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Male Grooming
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bronze weights
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Mansion House
- York Art Gallery
- George Leeman
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector