Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- John Carr - Architect
- The First Minster
- Vikings and Christianity
- Crest of York St John College
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Walmgate Bar
- De Grey Rooms
- York Bombed
- York Railway Station
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Shambles
- Monk Bar
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The York Hoard
- Fire in the Minster