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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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Dick Turpin
- The Retreat
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Stonegate
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The George Fox Incident
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Sixties York
- Transport Moves On
- New Shopping Centres
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bronze weights