Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York's Airfield
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Fire in the Minster
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- A New Walk
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Edward I and York
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Railway Station
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and the Holocaust
- Sixties York
- Elizabeth Boardingham