Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Viking Coins
- A New University
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- New Earswick
- Our Lady's Row
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Scarborough Bridge
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Ripon College for Women
- Teaching the Poor