Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- King Edward III and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Female Prison
- York Union Gas Works
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Bombed
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Guy Fawkes
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- A New University