Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Church of St Helen
- Transport Moves On
- Micklegate Bar
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Norman Abbey
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Basilica
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fairfax House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Norman Castle
- Alcuin of York
- York St John in the 20th Century