Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Viking Male Grooming
- First World War York
- Monk Bar
- Royal Station Hotel
- A New University
- York Bombed
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Medieval Abbey
- Viking Boot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Crest of York St John College
- St William's Shrine
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York