Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Clifford's Tower
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Greyfriars
- The Shambles
- York's Airfield
- York and the Holocaust
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Richard II and York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Monk Bar
- Mary Ward
- Inscription to Hecules
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Debtors' Prison