Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Basilica
- Crest of York St John College
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Church of St Helen
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Multangular Tower
- A New Vision For York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- First World War York
- George Leeman