Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- King Edward III and York
- The Medieval Minster
- Rowntree Park
- The Female Prison
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Railway Institute
- Treasurer's House
- The Bar Convent
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Plum Cakes for Christmas