Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Red Tower
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The York Observatory
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Norman Castle
- A New Vision For York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Black Death
- Skeldergate Bridge