Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- A New Walk
- Cinema Comes to York
- The York Helmet
- York Union Gas Works
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Jubbergate
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham Bar
- Gold Finger Ring
- Fire in the Minster
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward III and York
- Industrial Upheaval