Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The White Rose of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Hospitium
- Water Lanes
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Assembly Rooms
- King Edward I and York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bootham School