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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Transport Moves On
- The 1190 Massacre
- King Edward I and York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York Bombed
- The Bar Convent
- York and the Holocaust
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Horn of Ulf
- Barker Tower