Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- A New University
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Fire in the Minster
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- New Earswick
- Water Lanes
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bronze weights
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Holy Trinity Church
- York Union Gas Works
- Anglian Cross