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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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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Ouse Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Roman Fortress
- King Edward I and York
- Constantius Chlorus
- Viking Coins
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Arm Ring
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Holocaust
- Is York Cursed?
- The Horn of Ulf
- York's Medieval Synagogue