Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- The Bar Convent
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Roman Head Pot
- Bronze weights
- The Council of Arles
- King Richard III and York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Medieval Prisons
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Art Gallery
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman House
- The Abbot's House
- The Red Tower
- The Shambles
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Battle of the Standard