Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- St William's Shrine
- The Norman Minster
- First World War Memorial
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of Napoleon
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Council of Arles
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Bar Convent
- Our Lady's Row
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Stonegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- A New University
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Victorian Prison Building