Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Norman Castle
- The Bar Convent
- Clifford's Tower
- Mary Ward
- New Shopping Centres
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The County Court House
- The Greyfriars
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Minster Library
- Lendal Bridge
- Fairfax House
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Judges Lodging
- The Shambles
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool