Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- View from Station Rise
- Lendal Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Bombed
- York Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Richard II and York
- King Edward II and York
- The County Court House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Dick Turpin
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Crux's Church
- Bronze weights
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Plum Cakes for Christmas