Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Treasurer's House
- New Shopping Centres
- Bootham School
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Female Prison
- York Art Gallery
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The York Helmet
- Norman Window Frame
- The George Fox Incident
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St Crux's Church
- Our Lady's Row
- Viking Male Grooming
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Jubbergate
- Ripon College for Women