Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Bar Convent
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Leeman
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Union Gas Works
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Is York Cursed?
- York Central Library
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Gold Arm Ring
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Mansion House
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Norman House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)