Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Mary Ward
- De Grey Rooms
- The First Railway Station
- The Greyfriars
- Viking Boot
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Battle of the Standard
- New Earswick
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Judges Lodging
- Victoria Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Skeldergate Bridge