Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Assembly Rooms
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Victoria Bar
- St William's Shrine
- Transport Moves On
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Holy Trinity Church
- Teaching the Poor
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Mansion House
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Norman Castle