Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- A New Vision For York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The York Observatory
- Holy Trinity Church
- First World War York
- A New University
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Stonegate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Transport Moves On
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The 1190 Massacre
- The White Rose of York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Second World War York
- Water Lanes