Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Fairfax House
- View from Station Rise
- The Red Tower
- The Abbot's House
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Medieval Minster
- Viking Boot
- Water Lanes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The York Observatory
- Alcuin of York
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York's Coat of Arms