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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Battle of the Standard
- Church of St Helen
- York and the Holocaust
- Water Lanes
- The White Rose of York
- King Edward II and York
- The Roman Fortress
- Ouse Bridge
- Victoria Bar
- Judges Lodging
- First World War York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Inscription to Hecules
- De Grey Rooms
- The Norman Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- York Railway Station