Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Minster Library
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York's Airfield
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The George Fox Incident
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The York Hoard
- Guy Fawkes
- The Norman House