Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Viking Silk Cap
- Middleham Jewel
- First World War York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Alcuin of York
- The Medieval Minster
- The Bar Convent
- The Mystery Plays
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Our Lady's Row
- Clifford's Tower
- Judges Lodging
- New Earswick