Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The George Fox Incident
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Margaret Clitherow
- The York Observatory
- Royal Station Hotel
- Barley Hall
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- A Pipkin
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Norman Castle
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop