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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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Ouse Bridge
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bone Trial Piece
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Church of St Olave
- The Medieval Minster
- York Union Gas Works
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Hair of a Roman Girl