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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Viking Boot
- York Bombed
- John Carr - Architect
- The Assembly Rooms
- Minster Library
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Norman Castle
- Scarborough Bridge
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Ripon College for Women
- The Red Tower
- Mary Ward