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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Statue of the God Mars
- The New Theatre
- The White Rose of York
- The York Observatory
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Basilica
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Art Gallery
- The Mansion House
- New Shopping Centres
- Alcuin of York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'