Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Viking Boot
- King Edward I and York
- Crest of York St John College
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Council of Arles
- The Medieval Minster
- Second World War York
- York Garrison
- Holy Trinity Church
- Transport Moves On
- Judges Lodging
- Stonegate
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Norman Castle
- The Black Death
- The Railway Institute