Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Lendal Tower
- York Railway Station
- Victoria Bar
- The Bar Convent
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Railway Institute
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Clifford's Tower
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 18th Century