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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Medieval Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Royal Station Hotel
- Alcuin of York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Church of St Wilfrid
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Central Library
- The New Theatre
- Viking Male Grooming
- Viking Boot
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's Coat of Arms