Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- King Richard III and York
- Bronze weights
- The Shambles
- George Leeman
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- A New University
- Roman Head Pot
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Bombed
- The Battle of the Standard
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Royal Station Hotel
- Statue of Napoleon
- Crest of York St John College