Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bootham School
- The Medieval Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Richard III and York
- Barker Tower
- Anglian Carving
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Micklegate Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bootham Bar
- Olive Oil Container
- A New University
- The Hospitium
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Guy Fawkes
- First World War York