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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Mary Ward
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Water Lanes
- York Art Gallery
- The Red Tower
- New Earswick
- Industrial Upheaval
- Roman Head Pot
- The Norman House
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Crux's Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- John Carr - Architect
- Rebuilt in Stone