Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The First Railway Station
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The George Fox Incident
- King Richard II and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Viking Boot
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- New Earswick
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Treasurer's House
- York Union Gas Works
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving