Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Second World War York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Daniel Defoe's York
- George Leeman
- Constantius Chlorus
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Horn of Ulf
- Lendal Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Medieval Abbey
- The White Rose of York
- Gold Finger Ring
- Eric Bloodaxe