Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- New Shopping Centres
- St William's Shrine
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Monk Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Is York Cursed?
- Scarborough Bridge
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King Richard III and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of St Helen
- The Railway Institute
- Middleham Jewel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Alcuin of York
- York and the Holocaust