Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Norman Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Mansion House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Statue of Napoleon
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Cawood Sword
- The Black Death
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York's Coat of Arms
- Anglian Carving
- Alcuin of York
- York's Airfield
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Assembly Rooms
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop